Al-Hilal, coached by Portuguese Jorge Jesus, thrashed last-place Saudi League team Al-Hazem 9-0 at home this Saturday in their 14th round match, maintaining a four-point lead over Al-Hilal . Nasr, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The story of the game was one of goals, which began in the 14th minute when Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic opened the scoring, but Al-Hazem’s resistance was broken just before the break, scoring two more goals in the 42nd minute. and 43rd place – Mohamed Kanno and Mohamed Qahtani, respectively.
Al-Hilal scored six more goals in the second half, led by Brazilian striker Malcolm, who scored a hat-trick in the 52nd, 55th and 85th minutes, ahead of his colleagues Saleh Al-Shehri, Mohammed Al-Buraik and Sergei Milinkovic-Savic. scored the remaining three goals – 79, 81 and 90+3 respectively.
Playing for Jorge Jesus’ team was Portugal national team player Ruben Neves, who started, played all 90 minutes and provided an assist for Serbian Milinkovic-Savic’s ninth goal.
Thus, Al Hilal maintained a four-point lead over their most direct pursuer, Al Nasr, coached by Portuguese Luis Castro, adding 38 points to his rival’s 34, with both having already dug a “moat” for third-placed Al Ahly . , who remain with 26 (minus one game), in a title fight that seems to be limited to two.
Al Nasr hosted and beat Al Ahdoud 3-0 on Friday, with two goals from Ronaldo.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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